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Managers' report book, November 13, 1916-January 21, 1918

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PHILADELPHIA   B. F. KEITH'S   APRIL 16,   7
PATHE. 13 min. Fair selection of pictures.
FOUR EARLES. 6 min. Two men and two girls in an aerial novelty on the order of the Curzon Sisters, the men acting as bearers for the girls. Have a showy routine of tricks and made a good opener.
BERNIE & BAKER. 11 min. Formerly Klass and Bernie. The new combination is a good one and has furnished vaudeville with an excellent musical feature. The boys play classical numbers and rag stuff on the violin and piano-accordion and finish very strong.
COOPER & RICARDO. 17 min. Man and woman in a singing and talking skit. They started rather lightly with their talk, the comedy being carried by the woman, but picked up as they went along and closed to a big hand. An encore bit also scored solidly for them.
"PEACOCK ALLEY." 29 min. A tabloid comedy drama featuring Vivian Blackburn and Elwood P. Bostwick and a company of five. This is a playlet with mistaken identity as its theme and contains a lot of bright lines. It is talky, not well played and drags severely at times. It got a fair amount of laughs and finished to a fair hand. It is very prettily staged.
ED. MORTON. 13 min. This fellow is a great favorite here in his home city and as usual was a big hit with his songs. He sang six, all of them new and finished to a big hand of applause.
McINTYRE & HEATH. 24 min. The revival of "On Guard," one of the oldest of their sketches, scored a big laughing hit. It has been changed very little, but it is still a comedy classic in blackface and was a big applause winner.
LILLIAN SHAW. 17 min. With two or three songs and one or two of her old ones, she scored as big a hit as usual. She is very well known and very well liked in this city and finished to a big hand on her character comedy song.
WYATT'S SCOTCH LADS & LASSIES. 19 min. This act was a big hit in the closing position. The pretty costuming and staging along with the native dances and songs, all splendidly done, were very well received and the act closed strong.
"PATRIA." 20 min. Fourteenth episode of the Mrs. Vernon Castle picture with some of its battle scenes eliminated and all reference to Japan and Mexico taken out to comply with the recent order from Washington, held considerable attention. Request was made from the Attorney General of this state on Saturday that the picture be discontinued, but five minutes before time for showing at the matinee, he issued instructions that this week's showing be permitted with the eliminations made.
GENERAL REMARKS. While this show can be classed as a good vaudeville bill, it did not frame up with the shows given so far this season, due principally to the fact that the featured attraction, "Peacock Alley," failed to make good its advertising.
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LILLIAN SHAW: Expression "Thank God."

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PHILADELPHIA B. F. KEITH'S APRIL 16, 7 PATHE. 13 min. Fair selection of pictures. FOUR EARLES. 6 min. Two men and two girls in an aerial novelty on the order of the Curzon Sisters, the men acting as bearers for the girls. Have a showy routine of tricks and made a good opener. BERNIE & BAKER. 11 min. Formerly Klass and Bernie. The new combination is a good one and has furnished vaudeville with an excellent musical feature. The boys play classical numbers and rag stuff on the violin and piano-accordion and finish very strong. COOPER & RICARDO. 17 min. Man and woman in a singing and talking skit. They started rather lightly with their talk, the comedy being carried by the woman, but picked up as they went along and closed to a big hand. An encore bit also scored solidly for them. "PEACOCK ALLEY." 29 min. A tabloid comedy drama featuring Vivian Blackburn and Elwood P. Bostwick and a company of five. This is a playlet with mistaken identity as its theme and contains a lot of bright lines. It is talky, not well played and drags severely at times. It got a fair amount of laughs and finished to a fair hand. It is very prettily staged. ED. MORTON. 13 min. This fellow is a great favorite here in his home city and as usual was a big hit with his songs. He sang six, all of them new and finished to a big hand of applause. McINTYRE & HEATH. 24 min. The revival of "On Guard," one of the oldest of their sketches, scored a big laughing hit. It has been changed very little, but it is still a comedy classic in blackface and was a big applause winner. LILLIAN SHAW. 17 min. With two or three songs and one or two of her old ones, she scored as big a hit as usual. She is very well known and very well liked in this city and finished to a big hand on her character comedy song. WYATT'S SCOTCH LADS & LASSIES. 19 min. This act was a big hit in the closing position. The pretty costuming and staging along with the native dances and songs, all splendidly done, were very well received and the act closed strong. "PATRIA." 20 min. Fourteenth episode of the Mrs. Vernon Castle picture with some of its battle scenes eliminated and all reference to Japan and Mexico taken out to comply with the recent order from Washington, held considerable attention. Request was made from the Attorney General of this state on Saturday that the picture be discontinued, but five minutes before time for showing at the matinee, he issued instructions that this week's showing be permitted with the eliminations made. GENERAL REMARKS. While this show can be classed as a good vaudeville bill, it did not frame up with the shows given so far this season, due principally to the fact that the featured attraction, "Peacock Alley," failed to make good its advertising. CUT LILLIAN SHAW: Expression "Thank God."